Our desire to give unsolicited advice is a lot like having explosive diarrhea: crap just gushes out before you can contain it. When a friend struggles with something health related, you might feel a moral obligation to swoop to his side, usually by asking “Have you tried…?” After all, health is important, and we all…

We all make assumptions, and many of them turn out to be wrong. But noticing those and learning from them is hard. Maintaining a "Surprise Journal" can make reality clearer and help you improve yourself.

When's the last time you read something that made you seriously question your opinion, in a real and meaningful way? If you're like most of us, that happens less and less often, mostly because it's so easy to only read news sources and opinions like our own. This is called a "filter bubble," and it's important to…

Everyone has an opinion, and everyone's willing to share it with you—especially when you ask for their advice. The key, however, is to remember that along with someone's advice comes their entire point of view: even when their perspective contradicts your own.

Every day, we’re confronted with claims that others present as fact. Some are easily debunked, some are clearly true, and some are particularly difficult to get to the bottom of. So how do you determine if a controversial statement is scientifically true? It can be tricky, but it’s not too difficult to get to the…